Retroperitoneal perforation of the colon caused by colonic tuberculosis: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2211-2214

  Heinrich, Stefan ^a,b   Hetzer, Franc Heinrich ^a   Bauerfeind, Peter ^a   Jochum, Wolfram ^b   Demartines, Nicolas ^a   Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a Dept of Visc and Transplant Surg ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonic tuberculosis; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis; Retroperitoneal perforation

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; COLON; COLON FISTULA; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NECROSIS; PERFORATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROPERITONEUM PERFORATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE DISEASES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 13144261727     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0697-6     Document Type: Article

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